My Garden Acquaintance" in THE ATLANTIC ALMANAC 1869 with an excerpt "Three Unpublished Letters" in THE CENTURY February 1896 along with the ACTUAL Three Unpublished Letters bound in
by LOWELL, James Russell
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Some dampstaining to text of the ALMANAC; letters Fine. Rubbing to front joint with partial split, covers tight. Near Fine and q
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020937
- Title
- My Garden Acquaintance" in THE ATLANTIC ALMANAC 1869 with an excerpt "Three Unpublished Letters" in THE CENTURY February 1896 along with the ACTUAL Three Unpublished Letters bound in
- Author
- LOWELL, James Russell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Some dampstaining to text of the ALMANAC; letters Fine. Rubbing to front joint with partial split, covers tight. Near Fine and q
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Ticknor & Fields and The Century Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston & New York
- Date Published
- 1869 and 1896
- Keywords
- Signed, Autograph Letters, Birds, Ornithology, Fine Binding, Poetry, 19th Century American Literature, 19th Century Literature, James Russell Lowell
- Bookseller catalogs
- 19th Century American Literature; Birds;
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Charles Agvent
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